Toren Atkinson

View the schedule by clicking this pdf link

smcp2008.pdf

There’s been a lot of debate on CBC about boycotting the Beijing Olympics because of the human rights violations. Some people think that you should keep politics and the athletics separate. I think if you’re going to boycott or protest the Olympics in Beijing then you have to do the same to the Vancouver Olympics because we have human rights violations right here in our fair city, not to mention all the other problems that have nothing to do with the Olympics (except for the fact that money is being spent on games when all the while we have pressing social & medical issues that need the funding more; bread & circuses and all that). It’s the same thing with any Olympics, anywhere. I boycott the Olympics for a completely different reason: they’re dull and incredibly annoying.

Alright here’s the skinny for the SMCP this weekend:

Note that this is the first Cartoon Party at my new place in Kitsilano.
Note also that some cartoons scheduled may not be suitable for children.

Every year, come late winter, early spring, I have a Saturday Morning Cartoon Party, on–get this–a Saturday morning – usually about 9ish is when it starts. People come over (or sleep over the night before), some bring pyjamas or their favourite pillow or whatever, and milk and sugary-sweet cereal (Count Chocula is always represented). Then we watch 4 or more hours of old and new cartoons (usually old) from my vast collection of DVD and VHS tapes until everyone feels incredibly sick from all the sugar and laying about!

I think the first cartoon may begin at 8:45. Full schedule below.

WHAT YOU *SHOULD* BRING:
A bowl, a spoon.

WHAT YOU *COULD* BRING:
A pillow, some milk, some cereal.

What there will be here when you arrive: Sugary cereal, some 1% milk, an assortment of seats.

Things to know: Seating is limited, as always. Two cats are on site. My phone number is 604-737-xxxx. My email is thickets@x.com

The schedule as of this writing:
8:45: Hulk
9: Justice League part 1
9:22 Rocket Robin Hood
9:47 Thundarr the Barbarian
10:10 Herculoids
10:20 Dungeons & Dragons
10:42: The Ripping Friends part 1
11:05 Peabody’s Improbable History
11:13 Superfriends
11:24 Bugs Bunny
11:30 The Simpsons
11:38 Duckman
12:00 The Tick
12:22 Samurai Jack
12:44 Powerpuff Girls
1:06 The Venture Brothers
1:28 Freakazoid
1:37: Futurama
2:00 The Ripping Friends part 2
2:22 Justice League part 2

On Alder St, in between 10th and 11th, there is a dog poo on the grass. Someone stuck a little flag on it that reads “GOOD DOG + LAZY OWNER = BAD NEIGHBOUR.” If it were me I would have written “I claim this poop for the kingdom of Shitzopolis and its ruler, Her Majesty Queen Excremena.”

This is so wrong on so many levels: a girl born with two faces is being worshipped in India as reincarnated god.

This is so bizarre, this report of a woman on a toilet seat for so long her skin grew over the seat, that I find it hard to believe, and though I probably shouldn’t, I want to see photos.

Here’s a fun fact: This week the United States marked the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq, with the total cost of the war, currently estimated to be in excess of $650 billion, expected to rise to $2 trillion over the next five years. Now that is one expensive lie, George W Bush.

So the assimilation of Kodos into the new home is not going well. There have been a few kitty incidents between Kodos and max, including some claw on fur action. Sad but true. I think things are getting better but there’s no way to be sure. The worst part is, when I leave Kodos sequestered in my room for hours at a time he literally rips up the carpet behind my door. I tried putting some tape down but I’m not sure it’s working. Any ideas? I’m pretty sure you can get that hard plastic that you nail or staple into the carpet for these sorts of things, but I’m not sure where you would go to look for that sort of thing. Suggestions? Help me, blogophiles, you’re my only hope.

I’m on a network here in the new house, and I’m constantly getting disconnected from the internet for 10 seconds or a minute. It’s annoying. As far as I know nobody else in the house is having this problem. Any thoughts as to how to fix this?

I’m kind of tired of fixing my bikes. I may buy this one.

I was biking to work yesterday morning, going through the intersection of Arbutus and 10th Ave (the bike route, naturally). I had stopped, waiting for the light, and when it turned green I pedaled hard to get up the incline. About halfway, maybe 3/5ths of the way through the intersection I completely lost control. I struggled to stay up but the momentum took me into the curb and I hit the ground all tangled up in my bike. I believe my words were “AGH.” I wish somebody caught it on video so that I could watch it and laugh at myself, and post it here.

After I picked myself up I noticed that the front brakes were disconnected somehow, which I suspect was the reason for the total bike failure. The back tire was completely warped and had 2 contact points with the frame, but I managed to ride it slowly and carefully the last 14 blocks to work.

At work I noticed that even though my pants suffered no damage, the skin on my knee was scraped, so I got to use the official EmbroidMe first aid kit. I also thought that I pulled something in my pectoral muscle while I was lifting boxes of jackets but now I think I may have hurt it during the fall and it just didn’t kick in until the adrenaline wore off a half hour later (somebody with a medical background should probably debunk that theory). I have a feeling I may have a bruised rib, but I will see if it goes away on it’s own over the weekend.

So now my bike is back in the shop. The good news is that Best got me a bunch of candy because of the ordeal – I should have bike accidents more often.